What Diacente Group does

Diacente Group is a Uganda-based green industrial development company headquartered in Kampala that designs, builds, and operates the Green Industrial & Special Economic Zone (GISEZ), an 8,000+ acre integrated industrial platform in the Karamoja sub-region. The company functions as a master developer, combining industrial land leasing, utility-scale renewable energy (including a 1GW solar agreement), agro-processing, and digital infrastructure to serve industrial tenants, foreign investors, and government counterparties across East Africa.

The company's core technology stack bundles blockchain-based asset tokenization, a CBDC pilot with the Bank of Uganda, IoT and AI-enabled zone management, and renewable energy supply into a single operating platform. Revenue mechanics are multi-stream: industrial zone leases, energy sales, agro-processing (notably the KOFUL Eco Sanitary Pads Factory), tokenized asset issuance, and professional services. The $5.5 billion tokenization memorandum with Global Settlement Network and the UNIDO Global Call 2024 award anchor the commercial narrative.

The go-to-market depends heavily on sovereign and regulatory relationships — UFZA, UIA, NEMA, and the Bank of Uganda — and on attracting anchor tenants into a designated Free Zone. Customer concentration is structurally high because the model depends on a small number of large institutional counterparties and government partners rather than a diversified customer base. Execution risk is significant given the scale of infrastructure planned relative to current headcount (11-50 employees) and the absence of disclosed revenue.

Name

Diacente Group

Legal name

Diacente Group

Website

https://diacentegroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Economic Zone Development

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (55111)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency (BPADALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH), Supplier Engagement & Value-Chain Decarbonization Programs (EUABAKAE), Circular Economy & Waste/Materials Reporting (Zero waste, packaging) (EUAHAJAL)

Keywords

• Green industrial development
• Special economic zones
• Industrial asset management
• Sustainable manufacturing
• Renewable energy infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Kampala

HQ country

Uganda

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Zone Leasing & Asset Management: Diacente Group generates revenue through leasing industrial plots and facilities within the Green Industrial & Special Economic Zone (GISEZ), which spans over 8,000 acres across three dedicated zones. The company manages strategic industrial assets and provides infrastructure services to tenants including power, water, and gas supply.
2. Renewable Energy Infrastructure: Revenue from the 1GW solar power plant and 250MW solar panel assembly facility, supplying clean electricity to GISEZ tenants. The power infrastructure supports manufacturing, agro-processing, logistics, and innovation industries.
3. Tokenized Asset Economy: Revenue opportunity through tokenization of $5.5 billion in real-world infrastructure assets (food production, minerals, renewable energy, global trade) on-chain, potentially including transaction fees or platform fees on the blockchain-based tokenized economy.
4. Agro-Processing & Manufacturing: Revenue from agro-industrial processing facilities including the KOFUL Eco Sanitary Pads Factory (capacity: 1 million pads per day) and other manufacturing operations producing products for domestic, regional, and global markets.
5. Professional Services & Consulting: Diacente provides regulatory guidance, site selection support, investment application processing, and connects investors with government agencies (UFZA, UIA, NEMA), generating service fees within the investment facilitation process.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Diacente Group develops and manages the Green Industrial and Special Economic Zone (GISEZ), a master-planned 8,000+ acre industrial development in Uganda's Karamoja region. The company leases industrial plots and facilities across three sector-specific sub-zones (mineral processing, agro-processing, knowledge-intensive industries), supplies clean energy via a 1GW solar power plant, manufactures eco-friendly sanitary pads at the KOFUL factory, and facilitates investment through a blockchain-enabled Investor Portal. The company also operates a tokenization ecosystem for $5.5 billion in real-world assets integrated with Uganda's first CBDC.

Product overview

Diacente Group operates as a green industrial ecosystem developer and strategic industrial asset manager driving socio-economic transformation in Africa. The core product is the Green Industrial and Special Economic Zones (GISEZ) — a master-planned 8,000+ acre development in Uganda divided into three specialized sub-products: the Special Mineral Industrial Processing Zone (2,000 acres), Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (1,200 acres), and Special Knowledge-Intensive Industrial Zone (1,900 acres). These are supported by the GISEZ Investor Portal platform for investment management, the 1GW Solar Power Plant and 250MW Solar Panel Assembly Facility for clean energy infrastructure, and the KOFUL Eco Sanitary Pads Factory for manufacturing. Additionally, the company has launched the Karamoja Green Industrial and Special Economic Zone Tokenization Ecosystem ($5.5B) and Uganda's first CBDC (Digital Shilling) on GSN's blockchain, integrating real-world assets and digital finance across the industrial zones.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GISEZ: Green Industrial and Special Economic Zone - master-planned industrial zone spanning over 8,000 acres in Karamoja, Uganda, hosting specialized industrial clusters including mineral processing, agro-industrial processing, and knowledge-intensive industries.
• KOFUL Eco Sanitary Pads Factory

Products and services

• Green Industrial and Special Economic Zones (GISEZ) Master-planned industrial development in Uganda's Karamoja region divided into sector-specific zones (mineral processing, agro-industrial, knowledge-intensive) designed to host over 1,000 factories and create 1 million jobs across manufacturing, processing, and innovation industries.
• GISEZ Investor Portal One-stop digital platform for investors to browse investment-ready plots, submit and track applications, download documents, receive project updates, connect with government agencies (UFZA, UIA, NEMA), and leverage blockchain integration for secure transparent processes.
• Special Mineral Industrial Processing Zone (2,000 acres) Dedicated 2,000-acre zone within GISEZ for mineral value addition including gold refining, iron ore processing, copper smelting, limestone/cement production, rare earth extraction, and mineral testing laboratories.
• Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone (1,200 acres) 1,200-acre zone for agro-processing covering cashew nuts, coffee, cocoa, avocados, cereals, fruits, vegetables, pulses, oilseeds, dairy, and organic health foods for domestic, regional, and global markets.
• Special Knowledge-Intensive Industrial Zone (1,900 acres) 1,900-acre innovation district for high-tech manufacturing including pharmaceuticals, fintech/blockchain, data infrastructure/crypto mining, microelectronics, smart mobility, BPO services, and EdTech platforms.
• 1GW Solar Power Plant and 250MW Solar Panel Assembly Facility Clean energy project supplying 1GW of solar power to Uganda's GISEZ plus 250MW solar panel assembly capacity, supporting manufacturing, agro-processing, logistics, and innovation industries.
• KOFUL Eco Sanitary Pads Factory Manufacturing facility producing 1 million eco-friendly sanitary pads per day from locally sourced banana and sugarcane fibers, designed to improve menstrual hygiene for over 10 million girls and women in East Africa.
• Karamoja GISEZ Tokenization Ecosystem ($5.5B Real-World Assets On-Chain) Tokenization initiative integrating Uganda's CBDC pilot with real-world infrastructure assets including food production, minerals, renewable energy, and global trade on a permissioned blockchain network, projected to create one million jobs.
• Uganda CBDC (Digital Shilling) Uganda's first Central Bank Digital Currency deployed on a permissioned blockchain and backed by Ugandan treasury bonds, integrated with the Karamoja Green Industrial and Special Economic Zone.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 million jobs created across the value chain
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Global Settlement NetworkflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025Global Settlement Network has partnered with Diacente Group to build what they claim will be the world's most advanced tokenized economy in Africa, bringing $5.5 billion in real-world infrastructure assets on-chain across sectors including food production, minerals, renewable energy, and global trade. The partnership includes a pilot of Uganda's first central bank digital currency (digital shilling), deployed on GSN's blockchain and backed by Ugandan treasury bonds, as part of the Karamoja Green Industrial and Special Economic Zone development. The initiative projects creation of over one million direct and indirect jobs, aims to lift ten million people out of poverty across Africa, and positions Uganda as a regional export hub connected to a 1.3 billion-consumer continental market.
• Government of Uganda (UFZA, UIA, NEMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025Diacente Group collaborates with Uganda's government agencies including UFZA (Uganda Free Zones Authority), UIA (Uganda Investment Authority), and NEMA (National Environment Management Authority) to develop the Green Industrial & Special Economic Zone (GISEZ). The government supports GISEZ through infrastructure development, regulatory frameworks, and policy support, creating an investor-friendly environment. Diacente's Investor Portal integrates direct connections to these agencies for streamlined services.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Sun King (Greenlight Planet): Pan-African off-grid solar distributor and PAYG energy provider. Comparable as an Africa-focused renewable energy operator building distribution and manufacturing infrastructure for solar products at scale, intersecting with Diacente's solar power plant and 250 MW assembly footprint.
• d.light: Africa- and Asia-focused pay-as-you-go solar distributor and appliance manufacturer. Comparable to Diacente's renewable energy pillar as an emerging player building distributed solar manufacturing and energy access across African markets.

Broad incumbents

• DP World: Global ports and logistics operator with significant free-zone operations in Africa (e.g., Berbera, Dakar, Sokhna). DP World is comparable as a much larger incumbent operating port-adjacent industrial zones across the continent, providing benchmark scale and tenant-acquisition capabilities that Diacente aspires to.

Others

• Afreximbank: African continental trade and development finance bank supporting intra-African trade, industrial parks and special economic zones. Comparable as an enabling capital provider for African industrial-zone development and as a potential anchor financing counterparty for GISEZ.
• Bamboo Capital Partners: Pan-African investment platform deploying blended capital into African infrastructure, renewables and industrial projects. Comparable as an emerging Africa-focused capital allocator that could partner with or compete for capital against Diacente's industrial ecosystem build-out.
• Africa Finance Corporation: Pan-African infrastructure development financier providing project, infrastructure and industrial financing across the continent. AFC is relevant as a likely capital source or partner for GISEZ-scale infrastructure investments and as a benchmark for African infrastructure valuation.

Direct peers

• Konza Technopolis: Kenyan government-backed smart city and technology SEZ outside Nairobi. Konza overlaps with Diacente's Knowledge-Intensive Industrial Zone in targeting data centers, BPO, fintech and innovation tenants on a master-planned footprint.
• Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms: Pan-African industrial-zone operator developing and managing integrated, multi-tenant industrial parks across Africa. Arise IIP is directly comparable as a developer-operator of African industrial zones targeting export-oriented manufacturers and infrastructure-light industrial clusters.
• Lagos Free Zone: Nigerian private free zone developed by Tolaram, hosting multinational manufacturers and adjacent industrial-logistics infrastructure. It is comparable to Diacente's GISEZ as a private, multi-tenant African industrial SEZ courting multinational tenants.
• Tatu City: Kenya's flagship private Special Economic Zone and mixed-use city developer. Tatu City is a direct comparable as an African private SEZ developer targeting multinational manufacturers and aiming to build an integrated industrial-residential ecosystem on a multi-thousand-acre footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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